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Mississippi Valley MVSU 4-12
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Winner Arkansas-Pine Bluff UAPB 6-12
Mississippi Valley MVSU
4-12
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Final
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Arkansas-Pine Bluff UAPB
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mississippi Valley MVSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 4
Arkansas-Pine Bluff UAPB 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 X 10 9 0

W: Jalen Porter (1-1) L: Lafferty, Clint (1-1)

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Game Recap: Baseball | | MVSU Communications

Soeder Blasts A Bomb In SWAC Opener At Arkansas-Pine Bluff

 
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Mississippi Valley State University baseball program started conference play on the wrong end of the scoreboard on Friday afternoon, falling to the Golden Lions by a 10-3 margin.
 
The Basics:
 
  • Score
    • Arkansas-Pine Bluff – 10
    • Mississippi Valley – 3
 
  • Records
    • Mississippi Valley (4-12, 0-1 SWAC)
    • Arkansas-Pine Bluff (6-12, 1-0 SWAC)
   
  • Series History (Since 2012)
    • Diamond Devils Lead 6-4-1 (59.1%)
 
  • Winning Streak (Since 2012)
    • Golden Lions (W1) / Diamond Devils' Last Win: March 10, 2024 (6-4)
 
Diamond Devils' Top Performers:
 
  • Chris Soeder got on the board with his first home run of 2026 and the eighth of his four-year career in the delta, smoking a two-RBI long ball over the fence to bring home Tom Early who had walked earlier in the frame.
   
  • Tanner Aoki had a quality day at the dish, going 1-for-2 with a pair of free passes and scored the first run of the ballgame via a passed ball.
   
Next:
  
  • The Itta Bena Nine will look to even the series at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Natural State.

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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play MVSU UAPB
MVSU TOP 1st Kendall Brookins advanced to second; Jaxon Haynes advanced to third; Tanner Aoki scored on a passed ball, unearned. 1 0
UAPB BOT 1st Aaron Grant flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (0-0); Jose Vasquez scored, unearned. 1 1
UAPB BOT 1st Zach Wieder singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Ian Smith scored, unearned. 1 2
UAPB BOT 5th Ian Smith flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (0-0); Dane Small scored. 1 3
UAPB BOT 5th Zach Wieder singled to third base, RBI (0-0); Aaron Grant advanced to second; Jose Vasquez advanced to third; Matt Dworsky scored. 1 4
UAPB BOT 5th Blake Coleman hit by pitch, RBI (0-0); Zach Wieder advanced to second; Aaron Grant advanced to third; Jose Vasquez scored. 1 5
UAPB BOT 7th Aaron Grant homered to left field, RBI (0-0). 1 6
UAPB BOT 7th Blake Coleman homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Zach Wieder scored. 1 8
MVSU TOP 8th Chris Soeder homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Tom Early scored. 3 8
UAPB BOT 8th Blake Coleman reached first on an error by 3b (0-0); Ian Smith advanced to third; Jose Vasquez scored, unearned. 3 9
UAPB BOT 8th Blake Coleman out at second c to ss to 1b to 2b, caught stealing; Ian Smith scored, unearned. 3 10

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